Defense Department should prove technology works before spending billions

Defense Department should prove technology works before spending billions

The Defense Department plans to spend billions of dollars on satellites that communicate by laser. But officials at the Space Development Agency can’t say for certain whether space laser communication works — at least not all of its contractors have demonstrated this capability. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from Jon Ludwigson, director of the contracting and national security acquisitions team at the Government Accountability Office…